As Larry describes himself: Throughout, I was always a curriculum developer, increasingly became teacher mentor/trainer, teaching for deeper understanding, making learning visible. I was always a teacher activist/community organizer for social and restorative justice, for race, class and gender equity. I believed it was critical to introduce students to understand deeply the concepts of historiography. I taught that the electoral franchise is our American birthright . My main text was Howard Zinn's "Peoples History of the United States."